Joyeuse, recognized as the most meaningless holy sword because no one knows how to use it.

However, it is also a holy sword after all, and even if it is only a symbolic weapon, it must be treated equally with its status.

Because it is a symbol, it is even more impossible to have an accident, which is also one of their duties as a risk to bring it to the empire.

"Mistress Dorana. A knight rushed in recklessly, and from the way he walked, Dorana knew that he was just a knight in apprenticeship.

The knight was still holding a lunch box in his hand, and he was sweating profusely because of the heavy armor and stopped to catch his breath for a while, and then asked flatteringly, "It's been a long time since dinner time, I just helped you heat up the dishes, you go to eat first, I will guard the holy sword during this time." ”

"No, and don't rush in. ”

It's not that Dorana doesn't want to eat, she naturally wants to smell the aroma of food after being hungry for almost a day, and it's not that she is bored with this knight who seems to be a little pleasing to herself, after all, most of the people who can become knights are kind-hearted and enthusiastic people.

It's just that now he still has to guard the holy sword that was placed in the secret room of the palace - Joyeus. Tomorrow is the day to transport it back to the church, and only when the holy sword returns safely can he truly rest.

"Is there any laxity in the vigilance outside?" asked Dorana, "the last night was the most dangerous time. ”

"Don't worry, sir. Although the girl in front of him was not only tall, but also much younger than himself, the knight did not have the slightest disrespect, "Today is the same configuration as last night, and I just changed shifts." The demon has been caught, and no one will break into the palace again. ”

"Let's hope so, let's go out on patrol. ”

“...... Be. After a moment's hesitation, the knight withdrew with the untouched lunch box, knowing that since Dorana had already said not to eat, he would probably spit it out even if he put it in her mouth.

As the heavy door shut, Dorana was left alone in the chamber. If there was anything else that accompanied her, it was the candles burning on the candlesticks on both sides of the room.

Because there was no wind, the candles had to burn quietly in the dim candlelight, reflecting the vague shadows of Dorana on the ground. In the secret room, only the faint sound of Dorana's breathing wafted.

Even a man would feel scared in such a closed and dimly lit room, but Dorana just grabbed the heavy sword with one hand and put the other on her knees, sitting quietly in front of the box of the holy sword, looking like an old man who had already settled down.

Yes, no one, although terrifying, but for themselves is the best situation. I wish it had been like this until morning.

Dorana, who sat still, couldn't help but think of what Frey had said to herself before.

"Lately, you've become more and more human. 】

I'm originally human, and although Frey's words are a bit rude, I'm afraid it's not groundless.

Recently......

It seems that it can only be attributed to Lilith. From the moment she summoned demons in the warehouse without permission, but she didn't catch the handle, because of her position, she began to pay attention to her gradually. First Asmontis, the sin of *, then Lucifer, the sin of arrogance, and now even Mammon, the sin of greed, has been specified to stay with her.

This guy is really a weirdo who likes demons.

However, I am afraid that it is precisely because of my dealings with her that I have the transformation that Frey said. Maybe I might be able to make friends with her.

Dorana, who seemed to have thought of something, suddenly stood up, and after a sound of [ping-pong], the armor that she was wearing on her body, like an iron bucket, was taken off by Dorana, revealing the civilian clothes inside.

Immediately afterward, Dorana looked at her hand with some distraction.

"Myself, is it really as thin as she said?"

Dorana muttered something quietly, but then shook her head again, and turned her gaze to the holy sword in front of her.

That's right, I'm still on the way to the mission, and I can't relax at all.

The minutes were ticking, and the candles on the candlesticks on both sides were gradually accumulating wax.

Just as the hour and minute hands of the clock on the wall were pointing to twelve at the same time, the candles on both sides suddenly flickered, causing Dorana's shadow to shake with a black shadow.

"Who is coming, please explain the purpose of coming. ”

Dorana turned and stared silently at the dark shadow that seemed to be in the room.

The man wrapped in a black cloak couldn't see Dorana's face because of the dim candlelight. However, it is not difficult to tell that this is a petite woman. Besides, there is nothing that can be observed and perceived anymore.

If anything, it's that intuitively, this guy is dangerous.

"Ahh The girl tilted her head and folded her hands in front of her chest, "However, I can't tell you the name, and there is no problem with the purpose." ”

“......”

"Could you please get out of the way and let me take Joyeus away?"

Intruders.

Sensing the danger, Dorana dropped her scabbard without hesitation and drew Durandal's sword. She instinctively felt that this guy could not be dealt with by brute force.

Therefore, naturally, there is no need to call those paladins outside to die.

"Ah, draw your sword. Durandal's one-handed sword form. The girl's head turned to the other side, as if she had come for an outing, "Please don't stop me, although I am also interested in your Durandal, but today I only want to take Joyeuse." ”

“......”

It seems that the huge visit to the Holy Sword, although it did catch the sin of greed Mamon, now seems to have led to an even bigger mess.

But Lilith can't be blamed for that, she did come up with a good idea for herself. If the Holy Sword is lost here, it will only be a dereliction of duty.

"You've almost figured it out, can you get out of the way, or your fate may be the same as your previous owner. ”

“!” Enraged, Dorana rushed out like a golden light, but her swing of Durandar stopped in front of the girl.

No, there is no barrier in the world that Durandal cannot penetrate.

By the way, it's the air current, this guy in the cloak creates an air convection in front of him, and uses the impact of the air to block his slash out!

"Hey, so a pawn is always a pawn. Unlike the cute appearance before, the girl obviously lowered her voice, and her words were full of the disdain of the arrogant, "It's really troublesome." ”

A golden light flicked out by the girl like snapping her fingers, and Dorana, sensing the anomaly, hurriedly switched to attack.

Durandal is invincible and will not be destroyed.

However, despite this, it does not protect the safety of the holder. Under the powerful physical impact, Dorana was knocked into the wall, where a humanoid depression was created.

"Well, do you see? So don't stop me. The girl reverted back to her original cute appearance, but became impatient again when she saw Dorana, whose face had not changed and the corners of her mouth were still dripping with blood, stood up again.

"The blessing of the Messiah isn't a good thing, is it? The girl said, "Although you don't feel pain in your body, but if you are injured unconsciously, you won't even know how you died?"

"Why do you even know this?"

"Well, why do you know?" the girl laughed, "I don't tell you." But don't bother me this time, Malogar!"

Is this a summoning technique?

Even Dorana couldn't believe what was happening.

Even if she is a powerful summoner, even Frei, she can't do this kind of casually summoning creatures when summoning. However, the girl in the cloak in front of her did it as if she was playing.

From the ground that suddenly emitted a cold air, a creature slowly emerged just by feeling it.

First, the thin white hair, at its left eye, seemed to rot, revealing a large piece of bones, and the wrapped eyes glowed with a dismal blue light.

The white dress, but even so, it can't be completely covered, and the white marks that appear on its body are one by one, there is no flesh and blood at all, and there are no organs, some are just made of white bones, skeletons.

As its lower body appeared, even Dorana couldn't help but take a step back.

It was a tail, but it had no flesh and blood, no scales, just a simple, skeleton-made tail, and the blue light shuttling faintly in it was estimated to maintain the magic of the skeleton structure.

An expressionless girl who doesn't make people feel like a creature at all appears in front of Dorana like this.

That tail, you can't be wrong, although it doesn't have flesh and blood, but in terms of length and position, it is a symbol of the dragon family. This creature is a dragon?!

But in the dragon clan, there is no dragon in this form at all, and this dragon clan whose body is partly made of bones is something that he has never seen before.

No matter what kind of dragon clan it is, it is all flesh and blood, and this guy in front of him is more just bones. Could it be that the rumors circulating in the dragon clan, which are not credible at all, are true?

(The full-color art for the cover has been completed, and the new cover should be available tomorrow.) ）